| Other author/creator | Cyprian, Saint, d. 304. [Swete and devoute sermon of mortalitie of man]. |
| Other author/creator | Whitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555? |
| Other author/creator | Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546. |
| Other author/creator | Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153. Epistola de perfectione vitae. English. |
| Other author/creator | Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494 Regulae duodecim portim excitantes portim dirigentes hominem in pugna spirituali. English. |
| Other author/creator | Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471 attributed name. |
| Uniform title | Imitatio Christi. English. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | The traditional attribution to Thomas a ̀Kempis is disputed. |
| General note | An English translation, by R. Whitford, of: Imitatio Christi. |
| General note | Place of publication and printer's name from STC. |
| General note | With woodcut title vignette. |
| General note | "Here beginneth a godly treatise, and it is called a notable lesson, otherwise it is called the golden epistle" and "The rules of a Christian lyfe, made by John Picus the elder erle of Mirandula" have caption titles. |
| General note | "The Pico rules" are in Sir Thomas Elyot's translation, reprinted from STC 6157: St. Cyprian. A swete and deuoute sermon of mortalitie of man, published in 1534. |
| General note | Formerly also STC 23960a. |
| General note | Whitford's translation first published ca. 1531 (STC 23961) with title: A boek newely translated out of Laten in to Englysshe, called the followynge of Cryste. |
| General note | Reproduction of original in the Yale University. Library. |
| References |
STC (2nd ed.) 23968. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1157:23) |
| Other title |
Swete and deuoute sermon of mortalitie of man. |
| Other title |
Epistola de perfectione vitae. English. |
| Other title |
Regulae duodecim portim excitantes portim dirigentes hominem in pugna spirituali. English. |
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